Combination coat and trouser hanger



Jan. 7, 1958 H. 1 FITCH COMBINATION com AND TRoUsER HANGER Filed March 3l, 1955 A H h /N VEN-rop.

0 HUWA/PD l #WEE/VCE FITCH 2,819,002 vCr/Irina,Arlon VCOAT AND TRoUsER HANGER .#lHowardLawrence Fitch, Des Moines, Iowa VApplication,March 31, 1955, Serial No. 498,275 `44Claims. y(Cl. 223;-88)

This invention relates to garment hangers and more particularly toa-.device that may be used for successfully holding either "or'both coat and trousers.

lAC,oatharigers areiiniversally used and there have been attempts Ito incorporate `booth trouser `and coat hanging elements `in one combination unit. Even the ordinary wire coat hanger is sometimes used to support the trousers byfolding the trousers over the bottom cross bar. "The objection"to such'usage is that the bar produces an objectionable horizontal` crease across the trouser legs. Obviously -the'more suitable way would be to engage the bottoms ofthe trouserlegs and suspend the trousers in an inverted longitudinal condition. Usually such devices are separategtrom the coat hanger. lIf they are of the clip pressure type they are diicult to operate and most accurate adjustment is'necessaryto cause the trousers to hang in afstable straightattitude. Perhaps the best of the trouser hangers are ones that engage the cuffs of the trouser'legs. ""While `theyarequite satisfactory, they are not associated with the coat hanger as a unit and they do not satisfactorily lcompensate for cutis of various widths.

Therefore, yone of the objects of my invention is to provide a combination coat and trouser hanger that will properly and successfully hold both coat and trousers.

A further object of this invention is to provide a coat and trouser hanger that permits the quick and easy attachment `or detachment of the trousers.

A still further object of my invention is to provide a trouser hanging device that will automatically compen sate for cutis of different widths.

A further object of my invention is to provide a combination coat and trouser hanger that utilizes an ordinary wire coat hanger.

Still further objects of my invention are to provide a garment hanger that is economical in manufacture, durable in use, and retined in appearance.

These -and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangements, and combination, of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully set forth, specifically pointed out in my claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. l is a perspective view of my device holding a pair of trousers.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of the trouser supporting members,

Fig. 3 is an enlarged front View of my combination coat and trouser hanger, and

Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of my device taken on line 4--4 of Fig. 3 and more fully illustrates its construction.

In these drawings I have used the numeral to designate an ordinary wire coat hanger having the usual hook 11, the two downwardly and outwardly extending coat shoulder engaging rod portions 12 and 13 and the bottom cross bar 14. The two portions 12 and 13 extend 2,819,062 atentd Jan. 7, 1958 laterally and away from each other. Such a coat hanger is in wide usage and the coat is placed around the same with the portions 12 and 13 supporting under the coat shoulders and the hook portion 11 extending upwardly through the coat neck. The hook 11 is placed `on `a supporting nail, bracket, bar or like and the coat will thus be held in` an upright position.

My trouser holding members are two in number, are duplicate and `areplaced on the hanger portions 12 yand 13, respectively 4Has shown in Fig. 3. Inasmuch as the trouserholding members yare duplicates, I will describe in detail `only one,` it ,being understood `that like `numerals apply to both members. The numeral 15 designates a flat vertical base. Integrally formed on lthe upper edge portion .of the basef`15 vis-an elongated hookportion 16 `as shown in Fig. 2. This hook portion is of a width comlparable to the` width` of `the base"1"5 Iand of which it is a part;ihowev`er, at v,an `angleto the horizontal or at an .angle to the longitudinal `vertical length ofthe base `portion 15. Thisanrgle is substantiallythat of .the` angle `of the hanger portions l12.and 13to` `the horizontal. This hook portion 16` is adapted -to slidably embrace .one of the portions 12 or "13ass`howniin Fqig..3. The hook .should be slightly morethanthat-of athalf` circle :and of an inside diameter onlylslightly more `than `that of the diameter of the wire rod of Vthe coat hanger so that when placed on one of the portions 12 orl?,f will snap into place there around and lwill `not lbecome `accidentally detached therefrom. Extendingfromthe ybottom -of the base 15 andto the side, respectively, of thebase are the two upwardly extending tlat prong inverted hook fingers -17 `and 18 as shown in Fig. 2. "These two fingers `17 andv 18 are `spaced apart from "thebas'e and have theirl tophorizontalplaries substantially below the horizontal plane of the hook portion 16. The hook 16 is centered on a vertical plane between the two fingers 17 and 18, as shown in Fig. 4, so as to not interfere with the function of one iinger more vthan that of the other finger. These two trouser holding and supporting members may be exact duplicates, and, therefore, in snapping two of them on the hanger portions 12 and 13, one is reversed relative to the other, so that both will have its upper hook portion 16 extending upw-ardly and inwardly in the direction of the hanger hook portion 11 as shown in Fig. 3. Therefore, the hook portion 16 will be parallel with and to the hanger rod portion it engages. These two trouser engaging members -are freely slidable on the hanger portions 12 and 13, thereby they may be brought closer together or further apart to compensate for trouser cuuffs of ditierent widths. The numeral 19 designates a pair or trousers having: the cuffed legs 20 and 2l. To hang a pair of trousers, they are inverted and the cuff of the leg 20 hooked over the finger 17 of a trouser member and the finger 18 of the other trouser member, and the cuff of the leg 21, hooked over the finger 18 of the iirst member and the linger 17 of the other member. The weight of the trousers will slide the two trouser members downwardly on the bar portions 12 and 13, and away from each other by force of gravity, and this `action will only be limited by the fingers reaching the ends of the two trouser cuffs. This automatic spreading of the two trouser holding members will stretch and straighten the trouser cuffs horizontally, and the trouser legs will become flattened and hang neatly and properly. To remove the trousers, they are merely lifted upwardly, the holding members will automatically slide toward each other, and the trousers become free from the holding and supporting lingers 17 and 18.

In the drawings I have removed the center portion of the base 15 and tingers 17 and 18 to conserve material.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of my combination coat and trouser hanger without departing from the real spirit and purpose of my invention, and it is my invention to cover by my claims, any modified forms `of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which maybe reasonably included within their scope.

I claim: y

1. In combination, a coat hanger having two rod bar portions each extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, a wide base portion hooked ove-r each of said two rod bar portions and extending in a vertical plane downwardly therefrom, and two spaced apart upwardly extending wide lingers on each of said base portions; said upwardly extending fingers being in spaced vertical planes directly below the area of their said base portion that is hooked over one of said rod bar portions and having their upper ends terminating in a horizontal plane below the lowest horizontal plane of that part of their base portion that is hooked over one of said bar portions whereby the unit will not cant when weight is placed on said lingers. y

2. In combination, a coat hanger having two rod bar portions each extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, a base portion having an elongated hook area hooked over each of said two rod bar portions and extending in a vertical plane downwardly therefrom, and two spaced apart upwardly extending fingers on each of said base portions; said upwardly extending fingers being in spaced vertical planes directly below the area of their said base portion that is hooked over one of said rod bar portions and having their upper ends terminating in a horizontal plane below the lowest horizontal plane of that part of their base portion that is hooked over one of said bar portions whereby the unit will not cant when weight is placed on said fingers.

3. In combination, a coat hanger having two rod bar portions each extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, a base portion having an elongated hook area hooked over each of said two rod bar portions, extending in a vertical plane downwardly therefrom and .also extending at an angle to the horizontal to conform to the downwardly and outwardly extending rod bar it engages, and two spaced apart upwardly extending lingers on eah of said base portions; said upwardly extending fingers being in spaced vertical planes directly below the area of their said base portion that is hooked over one of said rod bar portions and having their upper ends terminating in a horiznotal plane below the lowest horizontal plane of that part of their base portion that is hooked over one of said bar portions whereby the unit will not cant when weight is placed on said fingers.

4. In combination, a lcoat hanger having two rod bar portions each extending downwardly and outwardly in opposite directions, a base portion having an elongated snap-on hook area hooked over each of said two rod 'bar portions and extending in a vertical plane downwardly therefrom, `and two spaced apart upwardly extending tngers on each of said base portions; said upwardly extending fingers being in spaced vertical planes directly below the area of their said base portion that is hooked over one of said rod bar portions and having their upper ends terminating in a horizontal plane below the lowest horil zontal plane of that part of their base portion that is hooked over one `of said bar portions whereby the unit will not cant when weight is placed on said lingers.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 2,451,788 Wahl Oct. 19, 1948 2,456,014 Neaves Dec. 14, 1948 2,620,101 DAiro Dec. 2, 1952 2,695,120 Barosso Nov. 23, 1954 

